Tuesday, May 12, 2009

One of my co-workers has a daughter in another elementary school. She told me about the carnival that school has every year and they do a cake walk to raise money. People donate cakes, then there are 20 chairs set up in a circle, each chair has a number, someone plays music and when it stops you scramble to a chair, someone pulls a number out of a jar and they win a cake. You browse the table of donated cakes and get to pick whatever one you want. When you donate a cake you must be sure that you include a card with the ingredients. The theme for the schools carnival was Space Odessey 2009. Here is DH's cake decoration of the cake we donated. It's cute!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

I wanted a Chinese chicken salad for lunch today so I decided to make one.I used Ina Garten's recipe, then I didn't like the dressing so I had DH throw more stuff into the dressing to improve it. Also I browsed Bobby Flays Chinese chicken salad and decided to combine both Ina's and Bobby's. I liked Bobby's vegetable ideas better. I also decided that I did not end up saving any $ by making this at home and next time I should just go to Cheesecake Factory and order myself one. This recipe tasted good, but DH said he gets a Chinese chicken salad from Lawson's for $7 and he likes the dressing better. I may have to start watching Sandra Lee's show about saving money. Oh no!

Place the chicken breasts on a sheet pan and rub with the skin with olive oil. Sprinkle liberally with salt and pepper. Roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until the chicken is just cooked. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove the meat from the bones, discard the skin, and shred the chicken in large bite-sized pieces. Place the chicken into a large bowl.

Cut the peppers into bite sized pieces and toss in bowl.Cut the snap peas in halves and toss into the bowl.Cut the green onions, white and greens and toss into the bowl

Toss all salad ingredients in the bowl to combine

Whisk together all of the ingredients for the dressing.We poured our dressing into a gravy holder so we didn't end up over dressing the salad and the leftover salad will stay crisp.

Garnishes. Chow Mein Noodles are a must for meRoasted Peanuts(DH had both on his salad)